REGENCY CARRARA MARBLE FIREPLACE SURROUND

English, c.1830

An antique Regency Carrara Marble fireplace surround with square corner blocks, the cushion moulded jambs with quarter-round returns, all in strongly figured marble.

£7,500

AW002

  • A model exhibiting the Regency preference for a shallower frieze and shelf than was typical in the Georgian period. The corner blockings show a transition towards designs typical to the William IV period with the rectilinear adaptation of the ubiquitous circular convex roundel.

  • Width 62⅝” / 159cm 

    Height 45” / 114cm 

    Depth 9½ ” / 24cm 

    Opening height 38⅝” / 98cm 

    Opening width 38⅛” / 96.8cm 

    Width at base   56¾” / 144cm